As a deity name
Name 674 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 620 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 642 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
इन्द्र · indra · s.m.
The king of the gods, the regent of the visible heavens; the thunderer (he is the Jove of the Hindū mythology); the god of rain — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 90
इंद्र · masculine
The god of war and weather; also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.
इन्द्र · masculine
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi इन्द्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit इन्द्र (índra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
indra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See Nir. x, 8; Sāy. on RV. i, 3, 4; Uṇ. ii, 28; according to BRD. fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to Muir, S. T. v, 119, for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky
the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; indra was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology indra is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh.; R. &c. &c.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the god of the atmosphere and sky
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "indra" is the vocative of "indrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
indra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See Nir. x, 8; Sāy. on RV. i, 3, 4; Uṇ. ii, 28; according to BRD. fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to Muir, S. T. v, 119, for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky
the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; indra was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology indra is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh.; R. &c. &c.
(he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), Mn.; R.; Suśr. &c.
in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being
a prince
indrā f. the wife of Indra See indrāṇī
N. of a plant, L.
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